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Report: EU budget plans may exclude Britain

EU officials are looking at the legal possibilities to agree a seven-year budget without Britain, given that PM Cameron has not backed down from his threat to veto any deal that does not foresee a spending freeze, the FT reports. The move may be just a negotiating tactic, however.

Opinion

Two years on from the highly-controversial EU-Turkey deal, many thousands of refugees are still trapped on Greek islands. One of them offers an open invitation to EU leaders to see their inhospitable conditions at the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos.

Interview

The controversy over the new EU Commission top civil servant is revealing of what is wrong with EU institutions and how they are blocked by national governments, says award-winning Austrian novelist Robert Menasse.